Fabric-cleaning apparatus



Sept. 2. 1924.

H. C. ROEDER FABRIC CLEANING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 27. 1920 Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

HERBERT o. nonnen, or CLEVELAND', onro,l 'Assronon To AMERICAN RADIATOR PATENT ortica..

. COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F NEW ERSEY.

Freenfo-CLEANINGAPPARATUS'. Y

Application i'led October 27, 1,920.Y Serial No; 420,06.

To all whom it may conce/fn.

Be it known that I, HERBERT. C. ROEDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and 5 State of Ohio,'have inventednew and useful Improvements vin Fabric-Cleaning Apparatus, of which the following is a full,.clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this speoiication.

My invention relates to improvements in Vmeans for cleaning fabrics .and has-particu larreference to devices adapted for cleaning WhatY is known in the, art as tire liners. It is essential in using thesetire liners that before they are placed in use they be thoroughly cleaned of all dust, dirt. and lint. These liners vary in Width and in order that the' cleaning apparatus may be adapted for cleaning the varying Widths of liners, I have found it advantageous and desirable to .provide means for adjusting the apparatus to different Widths. Y f' l i For the purpose of disclosing my inventhereof in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings v Y Fig.1 is a side elevation of a cleaning apparatus embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan'vieW thereof,

Fig; 3 is a perspective 'view of one of the cleaningtubes and means for adj'ustingit to the various Widths of liners,

` Fig. 4 is a sectional view of one of the cleaning tubes showing the manner of ing the fabric over the cleaning tube.`

In the embodiment illustrated, upon a suitable table or bench 1 is mounted a pair of rollers 2 and 3 and these rollers are mounted at opposite ends of the bench and may be removably mounted if desired'.` The fabric is wound on one roll, the roll 2, and is untvound 'therefrom onthe roll 3', a suitable driving` pulley -being provided on the. shaft of the roll for operating the rollmecha-nieally. Y z Y Y Extending transversely of the-bench and in the path ofthe fabric assit passes from one roll to the other is a'cleaning apparatus. 50 This apparatus consists as shown, of a pairV of horizontally disposed transversely extending tubes 5 and 6 arranged one in front .of the other and one preferably vin a lovver plane than the other. Each of these tubesV is provided with a longitudinally extending tion I lhave villustrated one embodiment l pass'- slot inthe face thereof; the slot in the tube 6- being towards the lower portion ofVV the tube and that in the. tube rbeing inthe and over the other tube.v

ported in position by. suitable bracket-s Yor heads 8 one on each side ofthe bench, the

brackets beinO held together at the top by tie rods 9 Willich extendv through suitable bosses 10 formed on top-fof the brackets.

The opposite ends of the tubes are connected'with branch pipes 11 each of Which is closedy at one end by suitable nipples or nuts i 1 2, the opposite ends being' connected to a communicating pipe 13 by .suitable elbows 14.

Onerof the branch pipes 11' is provided With a coupling 15 by which itis connected'by' means of a pipejlV With `a suitable vacuum producing device l'fpreferablyv driven by an electric motor.

In the'ope'ration of thedevice so fardescribed, the fabricis ypassed beneath one pipe and alopvel the other and due to the connection of 'the vacuum producing device'17 Withthe tWo pipes air is drawn through the fabric as it passes over theslots in the ppe removing all dirt and dust Vfrom both si es of the. fabric, one side of the fabric being cleaned as 'it passes. over the lower-pipe and the other'si'de of the fabric being cleaned as it passes over the upper pipe.

In commercial use the tire liners for .which this type of machine is particularly adapted vary in Width and inorder that the sainey machine maybe used for operating up-v on the varying Widths of fabric I have provided a means for adjusting the length of the slot V'in the tubes so that theL different Widths of fabric 'may be used.

disclosed in Fig. 3 the tub-esv 5 and G- are each provided With a sleeve 15a. This sleeve its'snugly over the tube and will rotate. thereon; being held inV the variousV rotatablerpositionsby means of bayonet slots 16a inthe sleeve which engage a suitable pin 1'?a projecting from the v tube. This sleeve is provided vvith a longitudinally extending opening, one side 18 of Which is straight lli() from end to end and the opposite side of Which is cut so that the opening varies'in Width. The first portion 19 of the slot is i comparativelynarrow, the second portion 2 0 is wider and the third portion 21 is still wider. Y

It will be noted that due to this construction portions of the slot in the tube may be closed merely by slightly rotating the sleeve. If the liner is of comparatively narrow width it will be run over the end of the tube projecting beyond the sleeve and the sleeve rotated so that the rest of the slot is entirely closed. If the liner is slightly wider than the sleeve it is rotated so that the wall 21 clears the slot vin the tube and eX- poses a greater length of the Aslot for the wider tube. Likewise, if the liner is still wider the sleeve is rotated to move the wall 2O and for extremely wide liners the sleeve may be rotated so that the extreme length of the slot is exposed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. ln an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a tubular member having a longitudinal slot to form a nozzle` over which fabric to be cleaned mayv be passed. a movable member associated with said tubular member, means on said movable member cooperating with said slot whereby, when said movable member is actuated, the effective length of said slot may be varied, and a pluralityT of locking devices operative upon movement of said movable member and corresponding in number with the number of positions of adjustment of said movable member whereby to locate said movable member with respect to said tubular member, and to secure said movable member in said several positions thereof.

2. In an apparatus of the character described. the combination with a tubular member having a longitudinal slot therein of uniform width to form a nozzle over whirh fabric to be cleaned may be passed, of a second `tubular member surrounding c d first-'named tubular member and having a slot of varying width cooperating with the slot in said first-named tubular member to vary the effective length of the sie-t in said first-named tubular member, and a plurality of locking devices corresponding in number with the several widths of the slot in said second-named tubular member whereby to vsecure said secondnamed tubular member to any one of its several positions with respect to said firstnamed tubular member, substantially as specified.

3. in an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a tubular member having a relatively narrow longitudinal slot thereinl of uniform width to form a nozzle over which fabric to be 'cleaned may be passed, of a second, relatively shorter tubular member' surrounding said first-named tubular member and having a slot of progressively increasing width' therein, and cooperating with the slot in said first-named tubular member whereby when said second-named tubular member is rot-ated the effective length of the slot in said first-named tubular member may be varied. and a plurality of locking devices arranged adjacent to the corresponding ends of said tubular members and corresponding' in number with the several widths of the slot in said second-named tubular member whereby to secure said secondnamed tubular member to any one of its several positions with respect to said firstnamed tubular member, substantially as specified.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a tubular member having a relatively narrow longitudinal slot of uniform width therein over which fabric to be cleaned may be passed, of a second tubular member surrounding said first-named tubular member, and having a slot therein; said slot having one of its sides straight and parallel with the longitudinal axis o-f said member, and its other side stepped to form a slot becoming progressively wider as it approaches one end of said second-named tubularmember, and co-fl operating with the relatively narrow slot in said first-named tubular member whereby to vary the effective length of the slot in said y:first-named tubular member, a series of bayonet slots at one end of said secondnamed tubular member corresponding in number and position tothe several widths of said slot in said second-named tubular member. and a stud on said first-named tubular member adapted to engage severally with-the bayonet slots in the end of said first-named tubular member wherebyV to secure said second-named tubular member to any one of its several adjusted positions with respect to said first-named tubular member, substantially as specified.`

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT C. ROEDER.

itnesses:

M. B. SHEA, A. P. Snr/ijzer. 

